Lone Star Governance (LSG), a governance model rooted in school board best practices, was developed for Texas school board trustees and their superintendent to improve student outcomes (Crabill, 2017). This phenomenological study investigated school board members' perceptions compared to the perceptions of superintendents regarding the LSG…

Building bridges among education stakeholders is an important but underused strategy for creating a culture in which professional learning is seen as a shared responsibility. The National Center for School-University Partnerships, headquartered at the University of Mississippi, has embraced improvement science as a core strategy in its…

Schools must isolate patterns of inequity by disagreggating various formative assessment data by race, gender, or other characteristics. Such a lens often uncovers disparities in outcomes and can point to unconscious biases affecting how teacher respond to different student groups. Learn how to bring an equity focus into your school improvement…

School improvement research has insufficiently considered the importance of intervening in schools with declining academic performance. Fields such as engineering and medicine have prioritized predicting decline to save structures or patients before they are in peril. Unfortunately, in education, school improvement policies and interventions are…

In this flyer, learn how focus teams -- an essential element of SREB's Making Schools Work approach to continuous school improvement -- can play an essential role in helping districts and schools develop strong plans to spend a much-needed infusion of federal stimulus funds.

To support school improvement efforts, school leaders and education agencies might need to identify groups of schools that are similar so that schools can compare their performance or share practices with other schools in the same group. This could also allow education agencies to provide tailored supports to schools in a group. This guide…

What will it take to build high-performing, purpose-oriented public sector organizations in India? In answering this question, the voices of India's frontline officers--charged with delivering a vast array of public services to citizens--are dismissed all too quickly. Public debates on the Indian state generally view them as corrupt, apathetic,…

Since the recent expansion of higher education in prison (HEP) programs, correctional systems and universities have been working to optimize these programs to yield maximum impact. Collaborating with individuals with lived experience of incarceration and participation in higher education could provide valuable insights toward improving these…

From mid-2018 through early 2024, the BHP Foundation--a charitable organization that works to address social and environmental challenges--supported the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution in its efforts to accelerate global educational progress. CUE's funded work included several initiatives that were characterized…

This article provides an overview of Cambodia's educational system, focusing on its historical perspectives, reform efforts, and development. Since 2000, education worldwide has made significant progress with the Global Education Vision 2030 to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.…

This study explores how New Media and Communication departments in Turkey adapt to a hybrid media structure amid rapid digitalization. Blending traditional media with digital tools, these departments prepare students for dynamic communication environments through training in digital platforms, social media management, and content production. An…

This paper analyzes how the citizen-led assessment (CLA), which measures and publicises learning levels in education, triggers bottom-up reform. Drawing on science studies and political theory, the paper examines the performative effects of the CLA in Kenya, showing how it (1) produces a crisis by projecting poor learning outcomes, (2) mobilises…

This 2022 policy evaluation explores the continually low (<60%) educator participation rate associated with the Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado (TLCC) survey and the state's overall alignment with its 2008 goal, to reduce educator turnover and related student achievement gaps. Through an intrinsic case study and a pragmatic lens,…

This Case Study explores the application of importance-performance analysis (IPA) integrated with strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis to develop strategic plans in universities. The IPA-SWOT methodology measures student satisfaction to prioritize areas for improvement, combining logistic regression analysis to assess…

Purpose: Higher education institutions increasingly emphasize data analytics education, yet curricula based solely on competency-based frameworks may overlook industry's process-driven approach. This study examines the process deficit in data analytics education and its impact on workforce readiness. It explores strategies to better align…